Chinese President Hu Jintao
said in Beijing Saturday the perfect success of the Shenzhou
VI mission is another important contribution by the Chinese
people to the peaceful utilizing of outer space and will help drive
up the Chinese nation's spirit.
Hu made the remarks at a grand gathering at the Great Hall of
the People in Beijing to mark the success of the Shenzhou VI manned
space mission, which was the country's first ever multi-person and
multi-day manned space mission that proved to be perfectly
successful
During the gathering, attended by more than 3,000, taikonaut Fei
Junlong and Nie Haisheng were awarded the title of "Hero taikonaut"
and given medals for the achievements in the country's landmark
Shenzhou VI manned space mission.
"The successful manned mission of Shenzhou VI has
displayed the great creativity spirit and excellent innovation
capability of the Chinese nation," said Chinese Premier
Wen
Jiabao. Wen said the success is of great significance in
enhancing China's overall national strength, accelerating the
development of China's science and technology and bracing the
spirit of the Chinese nation.
Chinese President Hu Jintao awarded metals and achievement
certificates to the two taikonauts.
"The fact that China had realized the great jump from
one-person-one-day space flight to multi-person-multi-day space
mission within two years has marked a new landmark victory in
China's manned space technology," said Hu Jintao.
Before Shenzhou VI, China successfully blast off a Shenzhou V
two years earlier, which marked the country's first ever step into
the outer space.
Hu said China's manned spaceflight engineering have reached the
advanced level of the world and a set of scientific management
theories and practices have also been formed to confirm with the
actual conditions of China's manned spaceflight undertakings.
Hu also urged the Chinese nation to learn from aerospace workers
at the meeting.
Aerospace workers have cultivated a spirit of "being especially
capable of bearing hardships, fighting, tackling key problems and
making contributions" since China's manned space flight program was
initiated 13 years ago, Hu said.
Hu praised the workers for their love of the motherland, sense
of team work and quality of not seeking fame and wealth.
The spirit should be carried forward when we are endeavoring to
build a well-off society and pressing ahead with socialist
modernization, the president said.
(Xinhua News Agency November 26, 2005)
